Meddle



(No Model.)

L. KNEGHT'.

HEDDLE.

Nol 567,396. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

WITNESSES:

ATTORN EY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS KNECHT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEDDLE.

SFECIFICATI ON forming part of Letters PatentNo. 567,396, datedSeptember 8, 1896. Application fi'led December 1'7, 1895. Serial No.572,401. (No model.)

To all whom, it nuaj ioolzccrlb:

Be it known that I, LoUIs KNECHT, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Heddles, which improvementis fully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings.

It has heretofore been the custom to mount a set of heddles ofthe'character to be hereinafter referred to upon a heddle-frame in suchmanner that in the case of breakage or injury to any of the heddles inthe middle of the set it was necessary to either remove all the adjacentones, in order to replace or get access to the injured heddle, or elsereplace the latter by a heddle of thread, which was liable to break,thereby necessitating considerable labor and expense, and my inventionhas for its object the construction of a heddle with a separable ordetachable head therefor, which head is adapted to engage theheddleframe, and to be provided with a slot through which an end of theheddle may be inserted and afterward bent around so as to be securelyfastened therein, whereby in case of injury to one of the heddles of aset the same can be readily removed by simply disengaging its ends fromits respective head, after which a new heddle can be readily placed inposition, and to this end my invention consists of a novel constructionof heddle and detachable head therefor, said head being adapted to besecured upon the heddle-frame.-

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth. Figure 1 represents a perspective view of aheddle embodying my invention, showing the position the ends assumerelative to the body of the heddle prior to being bent and secured totheir respective heads. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of a formof detachable head employed, the heddle proper to which the same isapplicable being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 represents a sectionalview on line a: 00, Fig. 2, showing the position the adjacent heddles ofa set assume with respect to each other. Fig. i represents a perspectiveview of a heddle and its detachable head in position upon theheddle-frame. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of another form ofdetachable head employed and a portion of the heddle and frame to whichthe same is applicable, shown in dotted lines.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a 1 heddle complete prior tobeing placed in position, the same consisting of the strip or body B,which is constructed of suitable 6o material, and has the ends 0 and Dbent at an angle to said body, which latter is providedwith an eye Eintermediate said ends.

E designates a detachable head of novel construction, the sameconsisting of the body 6 5 portion F, which has a slot Gr therethrough.The lower portion of said head at an angle to the slot G is cut out soas to provide recesses H and J, between which is left a dependingportion l-I', said head being further provided with the external arms Jformed by the recesses H and J, which latter engage the sides K and L ofthe heddle-frame M, when the parts are assembled as seen in Fig. 4, saidframe being provided with the loop or support N, which is provided withan offset as indicated in said Fig. 4.

Theheddle 13 having been placed in position by the insertion of an end 0through the slot G of the head E, said end is bent around-so that theportion P is caused to contact with the depending body portion H of thehead, while the free end Q of said bent portion 0 springs out and isnormally substantially in contact with the adjacent heddle B, as will beunderstood from Fig. 3.

In Fig. 5 the heddle B is the same as already described, the free end 0having been inserted in the slot R of the detachable head S, the sameconsisting of the body portion T, which 0 has the elongated slot Utherein, through which the bar or rod V is adapted to be inserted,thereby holding all the heads, and consequently their respectiveheddles, in their proper position.

The operation is as follows: The heads F are placed upon the sides K andL of the heddleframe, as indicated in Fig. 4;, the edges of saidsidesentering the recesses II and J, whereby said heads are preventedfrom lateral dis- 10o placement, but are capable of longitudinalmovement relative to said frame M. The

bent ends 0 of the heddles are passed through the slots G, and are bentas already described,

the portion P being in substantial contact with the portion H, while thefree end Q is somewhat sprung out, so as to contact with the adjacentheddle B, as will be understood from Fig. 3, thereby holding the heddleand their heads normally in substantially the same relative position toeach other.

In Fig. 5 the free ends 0 of the heddles B are passed through the slotsR of their respective heads S, and are bent against the heads insubstantially the same manner as shown in Fig. 3, the said heads S andtheir respective heddles being held in position by means of the bar orplate V.

WVhen it is desired to remove an injured heddle, or to get access to aheddlo in the middle of a set, or to inspe t the same for any purpose,it is only neoessary to manipulate the bent ends of the injured heddlewhich passes through the heads E or S, as the case may be, so that itcan be readily removed he efrom, after which an the hedd can be quicklyand eadily inserted in posi on, as is evident- Having thus descr bed myinvention, wha I claim as new, and des re to secure by Letters Patent,is:

1. A. heddle=fra1ne, a rem va le head sup ported thereon, and providedwith a slot, and a heddle having an end passing t ough said ot andembracing the sides of said head, and terminating in a flaring endadapted to bear against an adjacent heddle, said parts being combinedsubstantially as described.

2. A heddle-frame having the separated sides L and K, the head E havingthe slot G and provided with the recesses H and J forming the dependingportion H and external arms J, and the heddle B having a bent endpassing through said slot D, said parts being combined, substantially asdescribed.

3. A heddle-frame having separated sides, a head having recesses in itslower end forming a central depending portion and side arms, said headresting on said separated sides, and a heddle having bent spring endspassing through a slot in said head, said parts being combined,substantially as described.

4:. The combination of a heddle-frame composed of a plurality ofsubstantially parallel plates, a head supported on said plates andhaving recesses therein adapted to engage the latter, a slot in saidhead, through which an end of said heddle is adapted to be passed andbent, the upper portion of said heddle near the bend, engaging the bodyof said head, while the extremity of said bent'end is sprung out at anangle thereto, and adapted to be substantially in contact with anadjacent heddle, substantially as described.

LOUIS KNEOHT.

Witnesses:

J ornv A. WIEDERSHEIM, E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS.-

